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Laurent-Paoli, Pierre
GM🇫🇷FIDE 26017962· Male· France· Born in 2000
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Pierre Laurent-Paoli, a 26-year-old French Grandmaster, is rated 2520 and ranked 15th among French players, and 450th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2520 and 2583 over the past 2 years. 118 rated games in the past year (≈69/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Team 2026 - Coupe de France 8e Finale, and 39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100). Also played 3 rapid (including Championnat de France 2025 - National departages rapide) and 3 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2583 was reached at age 24 (Nov 2024); he also reached World #218 in Sep 2024.
Awarded GM in 2023 (age 23), IM in 2021 (age 21), and FM in 2016 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #91 in U20, World #72 in U16 and #3, #4, #31 and #17 nationally in U18, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2520
Standard
Rpd2527·Blz2476
All-time high
2583
−63 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 24
Nov 2024 · age 24
Activity
103
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
90 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#15
#15 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
22 entries2025
1,000 career games
at age 25
Aug 2025
2024
All-time peak 2583
at age 24 · −63 from today
Nov 2024
Peak French rank: #9
at age 24 · rated 2581
Sep 2024
Peak World rank: #218
at age 24 · rated 2581
Sep 2024
2023
GM title awardedGM
at age 23 · 2023 2nd FIDE Council
Sep 2023
Crossed 2500
at age 23
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-37
2557 → 2520
Tournaments
17
91 games
Score
60.5/ 9166.5%
42W37D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsTristan BreuilFM2,326·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R8·-7.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 6/9 | #33 | 2624 | +13.6 |
Team | May 2026 | 2/3 | #1 | 2563 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/11 | #181 | 2362 | -22.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2994 | +1.1 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2520 | -0.1 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #42 | 2817 | +0.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #44 | 3070 | +3.5 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #335 | 3096 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2483 | -4.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #126 | 2362 | -4.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChristian BauerGM
🇫🇷FRA·2557
+6 −12 =6
24 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMahel BoyerGM
🇫🇷FRA·2485
+9 −4 =4
17 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsArmen PetrosyanIM
🇫🇷FRA·2309
+7 −0 =4
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsGlenn C FlearGM
🇬🇧ENG·2334
+2 −2 =5
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsRemy DegraeveIM
🇫🇷FRA·2463
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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France
#15
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#260
in continent
World
#450
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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